Jerry Reed has passed away. The old adage that the older one becomes the more familiar faces seem to pass on or simply fade away has come true yet again this morning. Actually, the death of actor and ...

Jerry Reed, whose roles in three “Smokey and the Bandit” Southern comedy films opposite Burt Reynolds often overshadowed his gifts as a prolific country singer-songwriter and virtuoso guitarist, died ...

NASHVILLE, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- U.S. singer, songwriter and some-time actor Jerry Reed reportedly has died of emphysema at the age of 71. The Tennessean reported Tuesday Reed died Sunday just before ...

Jerry Reed, a singer who became a good ol’ boy actor in car chase movies like “Smokey and the Bandit,” has died of complications from emphysema at 71. His longtime booking agent, Carrie Moore-Reed, no ...